“Photo of a live cockroach found in a chest X-ray.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Feb 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The image in question is a digitally altered version of an original X-ray image. Mikael Häggström uploaded the original on ‘radlines.org,’ an open-access website for radiologists worldwide
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 March 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=385114470814332
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.